Barbarian Tribes

[zweckanschauer]

Hi I've come across a journal article in which the author, writing in English, made reference to "Barbarian Tribes" and provided as its Pinyin "fan zu

Comments

[reny]

番族。
番人 is barbarian.
番 was used frequently with things associated with foreigners, westerners. i would guess that 番薯 is one example.

[notkoan]

that is correct. same with 蕃茄.

[zweckanschauer]

Thanks you two.

[contrariandoer]

Yep, Chinese ethnocentrism.